Static in the Dryer

Author's Note: This series is all humans, a rarity in the cuilverse. But this is the cuilverse, so the catch is that neurodiversity-centered humanism has thrived. About a thousand years after the Drone Wars decimated the Earth (there is never just one apocalypse in the cuilverse), humanity has spread out within the heliosphere, and eventually, across the galaxy. It is a place where ads have become so intrusive near-Earth that they literally hurt people, a place where Goggle Universe is king, and where most far-out inhabitants control more than one body.This is straight neuro-cyber scifi, and features a collaboration between Ripley Santo and myself. (Also, Ripley Santo is me).This is the beginning of that story…